Red Hot Chili Peppers CDs

The Red Hot Chili Peppers are a rock group based out of L.A. The band originally gelled in 1983 when friends from Fairfax High got together to play a single gig. These young kids included Anthony Kiedis, Hillel Slovak, Jack Irons on drums, and the inimitable Michael Balzary, otherwise known to the world as Flea, on bass. The Chili Peppers performed rocker shows throughout the Los Angeles area, often getting very wild on stage and pulling stunts like dressing only in socks to stir up the crowd.The initial Red Hot Chili Peppers CDs, especially their first low-budget release made through EMI Records, did not fare so well on the market, since it lacked the same verve that the group's live performances gave. After a tour led to disasters on the road, the Chili Peppers let go off guitarist Jack Sherman and brought in George Clinton (of the P-Funk All Stars) to help them develop their second album. Subsequent releases, such as The Uplift Mofo Party Plan and Behind the Sun, helped catapult the Chili Peppers into more visibility.Eventually, thanks in part to all-star producer Rick Rubin, the band created its breakthrough masterpiece, Blood Sugar Sex Magik, an album which went platinum many times over and solidified the band as one of the leading vanguards of the independent music movement, with singles such as Under the Bridge and Give It Away.The band has witnessed its share of tragedies. Both original member Hillel Slovak and Joss Farrington (Flea's bass teacher) passed away due to heroine overdoses. That said, the band continues to produce new materials, such as 2006's Stadium Arcadium album.